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Patented Aug. 5, 1890.

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P. J. PERRY. BMBROIDBRING MACHINE.

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EMBROIDERING MACHINE.

No. 433,815. Paten-ted Aug.` 5, 1890.

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P. J. PERRY.

BMBROIDERING MACHINE. No. 433,815. l Patented Aug.5,1890.

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P. J. PERRY.

BMBROIDERING MACHINE.Y

No. 433,815. Patented Aug. 5, 1890.

A #L9 l i I 1 QM C Jjf im' y l n UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

FREDERICK JAMES PERRY, OF NOTTINGHAM, ENGLAND.

ENlRolDl'RlNGNlACHlNE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 433,815, dated August5, 1890.

Application tiled February 6, 1890. Serial Noi 339,409. (No model.) i

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that l', FREDERICK JAMES PERRY, lace manufacturer, ofNottingham, England, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Embroidery-Machines, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The invention has for its object improvements upon that class ofmultiple-needle embroidery-machines in which thick or other embroidery-threads which cannot pass through the eyes of the needles are stitchedto the fabric, being embroidered by means of the ordinaryemlnoidery-needles, which are caused to pass alternately on one side andthen on the other side of such thick thread.

Heretofore such thick or extra embroiderythread was passed through aneye near the edge of a rotating carrier, which also had a central holefor the passage therethrough of the ordinary needle and its thread, andsuch rotating carrier was in the form of a toothed wheel, which receivedrotary motion by means of a reciprocating toothed rack. Thisconstruction of apparatus is somewhat expensive, is limited in -it-sapplication, and obstrncts the View of the work as it progresses.

Now, my present invention consists of an improved and simpleconstruction of thick or extra embroidery-thread carrier and means forcarrying and operating the same, whereby I am enabled to use any classof thick or extra embroidery-thread, can drive the machine at aconsiderable speed, and enable a better View of the work to be obtainedas it pro-` shown in Fig. 4, and Fig. G is a separate view of one of thecarriers drawn full size. Y

In all the gures like parts are indicated by similar letters and guresof reference.

I would here remark that I have shown only so much of the machine aswill clearly illustrate the class of machine to which I refer and themethod of applying my invention thereto.

4ct a represent parts of the frame of the machine.

b b are needle bars or leads fixed to bars b', carried by guide-bars b2,which are connected to levers b3, fixed on a shaft b4.

In the machine represented in the drawings there are twosets ofembroidery-instrumentsof a precisely similar character and actingsimultaneously on the fabric. There are therefore two shafts b4, towhich other levers b5 are fixed, which are connected together by linksor connecting-rods h6. Motion is given to one or other of the shafts b4in the ordinary manner.

bl is a needle.

c is thebar on which thc shuttle-race is formed.

c are shuttles.

c2 is the bar for giving motion to the shuttles c through the medium ofthe drivers c3.

d d are the bobbins for supplying ordinary embroidery thread to theneedles, which thread is conducted from the bobbins d d around rollersd', over the bar d2, under the bar d3, and thence through holes in theleads or bars l? to the needles.

The fabric to be embroidered is carried by and strained between rollerse e, supported in a frame e', which carries the fabric .fr in a verticalposition between the needles l)7 and the face c4 of the shuttle race orbar c, and such frame e is guided vertically by Vertical roller-guidese2, and is supported at the top of the machine on rollers e3, and suchframey e is operated by means of a pantograph, (not shown,) to move thework in any required Vertical or horizontal direction, according to thepattern to be produced, as is well understood.

The parts above described are common to this description ofembroidery-machine, and

the moving parts are operated by cams and f levers in any ordinarymanner.

According to my invention I combine with each needle b7 a carrier ofpeculiar construction, formed, preferably, of Wire and having a stem fand the carrier-eye f', at one end IOC connected by a doubly-curvedportion f2 to the stem of the guide, and such carriers are formed withloops f3 at the other end, by which, aided by screws f, they are fixedto bars g', fixed to the upper and lower parts of a frame g, which isguided to move in a vertical plane in any direction Within certainlimits. This frame g is formed with a crossbar g2 and vertical bars g3,which respectively rest upon and against cams h z', which give combinedvertical and horizontal motion to the said frame g in a vertical planein such manner as to cause the carrier-eyes f to travel around theneedles Vb7 first in one direction and thenin the other, the motion ofsuch carrier-eyes being so controlled by the cams h t' as to cause thedoubly-curved portions f2 to travel clear of the needles b7 in a pathsomewhat the shape of a spiral or scroll, so that when the carrier-eyesare in theextreme position in one or the other direction the needlesshall pass through the centers of one or other of the curves l 2 of thepart f2, which form recesses 3 4, as indicated at Fig.

G. The cams h t', of which there are two o rmore pairs'along the lengthof the machine, are mounted on axes j, fixed to brackets 7c,

and they have connected to each pair thereof a toothed pinion Z. Thesetoothed pinions Z are acted upon by toothed racks m, xed to areciprocating bar m', which is mounted on guide-rollers n n, and isconnected at one end by a link m2 with a bell-crank lever m3, which by alink m4 is connected to a lever m5, acted upon by a cam m6, fixed on thecountershaft m7.

The thick or other embroidery thread or cord 0, that is to be stitchedto the fabric 00 by the ordinary embroidery-thread passing through theeyes of the needles 57, is contained von bobbins o and passes from suchbobbins over the rollers o2, over the bar d3, through the eyes of thetension-wires o3, and thence through the carrier-holes f in the carriersto the fabric a", upon which it is stitched by the ordinary needleembroidery-thread passing alternately on each side thereof.

At any time, if required by the design, the carriers may be thrown outof action, as has already been proposed with respect to the rotary-wheelcarriers, by the attendant operating the pantograph, who by the actionof the foot upon a treadle (not shown) connected to the rod m10 throwsthe clutch m8 into or out of gear with the cam m, thus connecting saidcam with its shaft m7, or disconnecting it therefrom, atpleasure, whilethe My improved apparatus, moreover, does not obstruct the view of thework like the rotary carrier and pinion and rack heretofore in use,which cause a considerable amount of friction and frequently cause thethick or extra braiding-cord to catch, thereby making bad work andentailing frequentstoppages. The reduced friction of myimprovedapparatus will also admit of' the embroidery-machine being driven at aquicker rate.

I would here remark that my invention is not confined in its applicationto the shuttle embroidery-machine shown in the drawings; but it is alsoadaptable to all kinds of multiple-needle embroidery-machines driven byhand or power and worked with pantograph or jacquard, as well as toa'combination of embroidery-machine with a lace-machine.

l. The combination of the thread-carriers, each formed with a stem, acarrier-eye, and a doubly-curved portion connecting the eye to the stem,a bar to which the thread-carriers are fixed, embroidering-needles, andmechanism for causing the thread-carriers to travel first in onedirectionand then in the other direction around their needles in such apath as to clear the needles and carry their threads `first to one sideof the needles and then to the other side of the latter. A

2. The combination of a thread-carrier formed With a stem, acarrier-eye, and a doubly-curved portion connecting the eye to the stem,a bar to which the thread-carrier is fixed, a needle mechanism forsupporting the needle and reciprocating it, a frame to which the bar isfixed, moving in a vertical plane in any direction, having a cross-barand vertical bars, cams on which the cross-bar rests, cams against whichthe vertical bars bear, axes on which the cams are fixed, having apinion, and a reciprocating rack-bar, substantially as described.

FREDERICK JAMES PERRY.

Vitnesses:

HY. MEDHURST, WM. VHITTLEY,

Clerks to Notary, Nottingham.

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